From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/67068 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Willi Egger Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: What are the best fonts to use Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:59:04 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20110315003147.GC30375@beigebox> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1082) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1300280362 14990 80.91.229.12 (16 Mar 2011 12:59:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:59:22 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Wed Mar 16 13:59:15 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PzqJl-00068d-K8 for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:59:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 587DCCAB32; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:59:12 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id E2jEtLzfOzxG; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:59:08 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB0B7CAB1F; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:59:08 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4A42CAB1F for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:59:07 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id pst+a-akyf9u for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:59:05 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter3-nij.mf.surf.net (filter3-nij.mf.surf.net [195.169.124.154]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ED4FCAAF0 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:59:05 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mars.digitpaint.nl (mars.digitpaint.nl [83.98.197.63]) by filter3-nij.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id p2GCx4xG002780 for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:59:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mars.digitpaint.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 935BD1118A for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:59:04 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mars.digitpaint.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.digitpaint.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id rzkOkzNZG3hy for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:59:04 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [192.168.1.198] (a83-161-249-79.adsl.xs4all.nl [83.161.249.79]) by mars.digitpaint.nl (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 618F7F4EC for ; Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:59:04 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=83.98.197.63; country=NL; latitude=52.5000; longitude=5.7500; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=52.5000,5.7500&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 0dEjMX5eN - 2e2378578ca4 - 20110316 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 195.169.124.154 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:67068 Archived-At: Hi, Graphic designers describe in this way the font-size and linespacing. So one can do things like this: \definedfont[Baskerville at 11pt]\setupinterlinespace[line=12.5pt]... Willi On 16 Mar 2011, at 13:50, Charles Doherty wrote: > Dear all, > > In light of the question on fonts I have wondered how ConTeXt deals with this > > Monotype Baskerville 11/12.5 pt > > or > > Monotype 11 on 12 point Bembo > > that I see at the beginning of books. > > Are there commands to achieve this. There probably are but I haven't recognised them. > > Thanks, > Charlie > > > On 16 Mar 2011, at 11:45, Curiouslearn wrote: > >> Cecil, thanks for asking this question. Even though the answers >> may/will be subjective, it is quite likely that there are people here >> who have given some thought to font choice. I agree with previous >> responses that reading a book on typography would certainly be >> helpful. Nevertheless, I am interested in hearing what fonts people >> like (if they do not mind sharing). I, and perhaps some others, may >> learn about a few fonts. >> >> Bharat > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________